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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
5Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 is
6amended by changing Section 25-10 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 447/25-10)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
9    Sec. 25-10. Qualifications for licensure as a private
10security contractor.
11    (a) A person is qualified for licensure as a private
12security contractor if he or she meets all of the following
13requirements:
14        (1) Is at least 21 years of age.
15        (2) Has not been convicted of any felony in any
16    jurisdiction or at least 10 years have elapsed since the
17    time of full discharge from a sentence imposed for a felony
18    conviction.
19        (3) Is of good moral character. Good character is a
20    continuing requirement of licensure. Conviction of crimes
21    other than felonies may be used in determining moral
22    character, but shall not constitute an absolute bar to
23    licensure, except where the applicant is a registered sex

 

 

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1    offender.
2        (4) Has not been declared by any court of competent
3    jurisdiction to be incompetent by reason of mental or
4    physical defect or disease, unless a court has subsequently
5    declared him or her to be competent.
6        (5) Is not suffering from dependence on alcohol or from
7    narcotic addiction or dependence.
8        (6) Has a minimum of 3 years experience of the 5 years
9    immediately preceding application working as a full-time
10    manager for a licensed private security contractor agency
11    or a manager of a proprietary security force of 30 or more
12    persons registered with the Department or with 3 years
13    experience of the 5 years immediately preceding his or her
14    application employed as a full-time supervisor for an
15    in-house security unit for a corporation having l00 or more
16    employees, for a military police or related security unit
17    in any of the armed forces of the United States, or in a
18    law enforcement agency of the federal government, a state,
19    or a state political subdivision, which shall include a
20    state's attorney's office, a or public defender's office,
21    or the Department of Corrections. The Board and the
22    Department shall approve such full-time supervisory
23    experience and may accept, in lieu of the experience
24    requirement in this subsection, alternative experience
25    working as a full-time manager for a private security
26    contractor agency licensed in another state or for a

 

 

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1    private security contractor agency in a state that does not
2    license such agencies if the experience is substantially
3    equivalent to that gained working for an Illinois licensed
4    private security contractor agency. An applicant who has a
5    baccalaureate degree or higher in police science or a
6    related field or a business degree from an accredited
7    college or university shall be given credit for 2 of the 3
8    years of the required experience. An applicant who has
9    completed a non-degree military training program in police
10    science or a related field shall be given credit for one of
11    the 3 years of the required experience if the Board and the
12    Department determine that such training is substantially
13    equivalent to that received in an associate degree program.
14    An applicant who has an associate degree in police science
15    or in a related field or in business from an accredited
16    college or university shall be given credit for one of the
17    3 years of the required experience.
18        (7) Has not been dishonorably discharged from the armed
19    forces of the United States.
20        (8) Has passed an examination authorized by the
21    Department.
22        (9) Submits his or her fingerprints, proof of having
23    general liability insurance required under subsection (b),
24    and the required license fee.
25        (10) Has not violated Section 10-5 of this Act.
26    (b) It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain

 

 

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1general liability insurance in an amount and coverage
2appropriate for the applicant's circumstances as determined by
3rule. The applicant shall provide evidence of insurance to the
4Department before being issued a license. Failure to maintain
5general liability insurance and to provide the Department with
6written proof of the insurance shall result in cancellation of
7the license without hearing.
8    (c) Any person who has been providing canine odor detection
9services for hire prior to January 1, 2005 is exempt from the
10requirements of item (6) of subsection (a) of this Section and
11may be granted a private security contractor license if (i) he
12or she meets the requirements of items (1) through (5) and
13items (7) through (10) of subsections (a) of this Section, (ii)
14pays all applicable fees, and (iii) presents satisfactory
15evidence to the Department of the provision of canine odor
16detection services for hire since January 1, 2005.
17(Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.